What does "nef" mean?

An extravagant table ornament and container used in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, made in the shape of a ship.

What is a synonym for "nef"?

Common synonyms include: cadenas.

Nef

//nɛf// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun

1
An extravagant table ornament and container used in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, made in the shape of a ship.

Adjective

1
Of a line bundle on a complete algebraic variety over a field: such that the degree of its restriction to every algebraic curve in the variety is non-negative. not-comparable
"[…] this condition is the numerical consequence of the condition that for some mgt;0, the linear system #124;mD#124; is effective and free; thus nef = "numerically (effective and free)"."

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cadenas

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"[…] this condition is the numerical consequence of the condition that for some mgt;0, the linear system #124;mD#124; is effective and free; thus nef = "numerically (effective and free)"."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French nef. Doublet of nave and nau.

Etymology 2

Short for numerically effective; introduced by Miles Reid.

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line bundle middle ages

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